The justices’ questions suggested a victory for the federal regulator against a California man who racked up millions through securities fraud might only be temporary, leaving a larger war over fraud remedies on the horizon.WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court seemed inclined to give the government regulators a win against…
By Samantha Kamman, Christian Post Reporter Monday, April 20, 2026A pregnant woman. | iStock/Andrey ZhuravlevTraditional marriage advocates have condemned a gay country music star and his partner after they were seen laughing in a viral social media video as they tried to redirect their surrogate-born baby when he cried out…
Last month I described a lawsuit by the California Department of Justice attempting to stop oil from being pumped from offshore oil platforms into the state. Advertisement The backstory here was that President Trump, citing the war in Iran and the surge in gasoline prices, issued an executive order in…
Credit: WLNS 6 NewsYouTube Screenshot Michigan Democrat Senate candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a Muslim and socialist, is proof that not all press is good press. He is already under fire for openly and proudly campaigning with controversial pro-Hamas/pro-Hezbollah influencer Hasan Piker. A campaign event last August took a dark turn…
Several Department of Labor (DOL) staffers have reportedly resigned amid a months-long investigation into agency Sec. Lori Chavez-DeRemer. The investigation, led by DOL Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito, is reportedly approaching its end — but the damage to Chavez-DeRemer’s reputation, and the DOL, may already be done. D’Esposito is reportedly investigating…
Tankers anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, on April 18, 2026. Asghar Besharati/AP PhotoThe United States has rejected 27 vessels around the Strait of Hormuz since beginning its blockade in the Gulf of Oman in the Arabian Sea, U.S. Central Command said on…
Amazon removed the paperback edition of French writer Jean Raspail’s 1973 novel “The Camp of the Saints” from its U.S. listings Friday, citing a violation of its offensive content policy. Vauban Books, the publisher of the 2025 English edition, made the announcement Monday after the dystopian novel was flagged for…
Peter Magyar’s party gained 141 seats out of 199 in parliament — the largest majority in Hungary’s post-Communist history.BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian election winner Péter Magyar on Monday announced the first round of his incoming government’s Cabinet members, including nominees for ministers of foreign affairs, finance and economy, following the first…
A majority of likely voters believe it is likely that government officials broke the law in 2019 to falsely create an impression of wrongdoing by President Donald Trump to force the Ukraine impeachment.Fifty-two percent of likely voters expressed that view in the latest Rasmussen Reports poll, including 36% who said…
More than 250 journalists, including Dan Rather and Sam Donaldson, have signed an open letter demanding that the White House Correspondents’ Association turn this Saturday’s dinner into a stage for a direct, “forceful” confrontation with President Donald Trump. The letter, sent to the WHCA on Monday, calls on the organization…
“Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations.” The post Latest Caribbean Strike Kills Three Suspected Narco-Terrorists first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
A bottle containing a flammable liquid was thrown through the window of the Harrow synagogue on Saturday night, causing smoke damage, police said.LONDON (AP) — British police said Monday they arrested two teenagers in connection with an arson attack on a synagogue in northwest London over the weekend, as Jewish leaders express…
The headquarters of Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, Ind., on March 17, 2024. Scott Olson/Getty ImagesEli Lilly and Company announced on April 20 that it will acquire clinical-stage cancer biotechnology company Kelonia Therapeutics for $7 billion.The acquisition expands Eli Lilly’s pipeline into experimental cancer treatments, specifically in vivo genetic therapy. Kelonia…
Objections include LGBTQ+ themes, sexual violence and use of alcohol and cigarettes.NEW YORK (AP) — Book bans and attempted bans remain at record highs, according to the American Library Association. And efforts to have titles removed have never been more coordinated or politicized.The ALA on Monday issued its annual list of the…
In the next few days, much more about the overall investigative review underway in Florida will likely begin to surface. The review has been led by USAO Jason A. Reding Quiñones, a federal prosecutor for the Southern District of Florida. Quinones is now supported by Counsel to the AG, Joe…
MANCHESTER, England (CN) — Prime Minister Keir Starmer apologized to lawmakers Monday for appointing Peter Mandelson ambassador to the United States, admitting his decision was “wrong” while forcefully blaming civil servants for withholding key security concerns in a heated Commons showdown.Starmer insisted he would not have appointed Mandelson had he…
Can I say ‘fiefdom,’ or is it going to sound racist or something?This young guy has a yuge chip on his shoulder in that regard – everything black and white in his world, and I don’t mean in the moral sense. I mean in the grievance sense. Advertisement Baltimore’s Mayor…
Singer D4vd was charged with murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez on Monday. D4vd, David Anthony Burke, was finally arrested last week for the brutal murder of a 14-year-old girl whose dismembered, decomposing body was discovered rotting inside the front trunk of his Tesla. Los Angeles Police Department officials confirmed…
Nadiem Anwar Makarim has previously denied any wrongdoing, saying he did not personally receive funds from Chromebook procurement or related services.JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Google’s investment in Indonesia’s ride-hailing company GoTo wasn’t in anyway connected to the country’s Education Ministry’s decision to procure Chromebooks for schools during the COVID-19 pandemic,…
A California school district recently organized a field trip that excluded white students and maintains several other race-based policies, documents reveal. Albany Unified School District (AUSD) hosted the trip to Virginia for “young men and women of color” to visit Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and discuss issues such…
Judges may get more discretion over how they apply sentencing guidelines for criminal defendants.(CN) — The Supreme Court announced Monday it will take on a case that could significantly impact how federal sentencing guidelines are implemented.Specifically, the high court will examine to what degree guideline commentary should be applied when…
Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, Gettr, Truth Social, Twitter, YouTube The forgotten men, women and families in the once great state of Connecticut really do not ask for much. They ask for clean and safe streets. Lower taxes. Reliable public education. Recreation. Economic opportunity. The chance to build equity and value. However, the twisted and…
“It is one thing for the people (of Iran) to be ruled by globally feared autocrats armed to the teeth, but quite another to be governed by humiliated, now impotent incompetents and buffoons.” —VDH The USS Spruance in the Arabian Sea Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, Gettr, Truth Social, Twitter, YouTube Originally on Kunstler.com Wednesday…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The cherry blossoms draw more than a million visitors to Washington’s Tidal Basin annually. This year was no different, except some strolling the area between the Lincoln Memorial and the Thomas Jefferson Memorial were dressed in camouflage – and armed.Eight months after President Donald Trump declared a crime emergency in…
Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, Gettr, Truth Social, Twitter, YouTube Connecticut’s minimum wage didn’t rise overnight. It was the result of a sweeping 2019 law that fundamentally changed how wages are set in the state. Under Public Act 19-4, lawmakers approved a multi-year schedule to raise the minimum wage from $10.10 in 2019 to $15.00 by…
Former Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin delivered a powerful warning to voters with just one day remaining before tomorrow’s critical special election referendum. Democrats are spending a staggering $70 million to “fool, trick, and deceive” Virginians into approving a radical constitutional amendment that would impose one of the most partisan gerrymanders…
Ingesting rat poison could lead to bleeding gums and nosebleeds as well as bruising and blood in the stool.PRAGUE (AP) — Countries across Central Europe pulled baby food off the shelves Monday after rat poison was discovered in some jars of the HiPP brand over the weekend.Austria ’s health minister told parents, kindergartens and…
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Monday, April 20, 2026Unsplash/Jose Francisco MoralesFormer Minor League Baseball player and two-time MLB draft pick Brian Kirby died Wednesday while working as an HVAC technician on the roof of a church in North Little Rock, Arkansas. He was 46.Kirby, who was selected by the Cincinnati…
Monday’s earthquake and tsunami warning were a reminder to the quake-prone area of the March 2011 disaster that ravaged large swaths of the northern coast, triggering a nuclear crisis in Fukushima.TOKYO (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.7 off northern Japan on Monday sparked a short-lived tsunami alert and…
https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/tornado-damage-and-frequency-an-update BY ROGER PIELKE JR. Excerpt: Today, I share the latest data on normalized U.S. tornado losses since 1954 and a time series of the incidence of the strongest tornadoes since 1975. I doubt you’ll come across these data anywhere else. … The time series shows a significant decrease in…
A new round of U.S.–Iran peace talks were set to happen on Monday. NTD looks at how President Donald Trump is warning Iran after accusing it of violating the ceasefire, and what happens after the United States fired at and seized an Iranian ship. Federal agents arrested an Iranian national…
Oil plunges below $90 as Iran opens the vital Strait of Hormuz, boosting global markets Iran’s conditional reopening of the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz caused a sharp drop in oil prices and a rally in global stock markets. This reflects trader optimism that the most severe immediate threat, a…
The IMF states the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran is derailing global growth and pushing the world economy toward a devastating recession, slashing its growth forecast to 3.1%. The conflict has directly disrupted oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, causing a negative supply shock that has pushed oil prices…
New study reveals Yellowstone’s volcanic engine is shallower and more dynamic, forcing rethink of eruption risks A new study reveals Yellowstone’s supervolcano is fueled by a shallow, spread-out magma mush system, not a deep liquid chamber. This model suggests tectonic forces alone can fill the volcano’s chambers, changing the understanding…
Higher vitamin D levels are strongly linked to lower colorectal cancer risk. A major review of over 50 studies and 1.3 million people supports this protective effect. Biologically, vitamin D slows cancer cell growth and reduces gut inflammation. Approximately 80% of U.S. adults have insufficient vitamin D levels. Experts suggest…
The centenarian advantage: New research reveals the biology of sustained resilience Dr. Chiara Herzog highlighted that neurons derived from centenarian stem cells combatted toxic proteins better than those from younger donors. A 2025 U.S. study created a stem-cell biobank from centenarians’ blood to study aging in real-time, revealing inherent resistance…
Engaging in 150+ minutes of moderate activity (walking, swimming, gardening) weekly reduces dementia risk by 25% by improving blood flow, reducing inflammation and clearing brain toxins. Aim for 7-8 hours nightly; chronic under- or oversleeping raises dementia risk by disrupting brain detoxification (e.g., beta-amyloid clearance) and memory consolidation. Mediterranean/DASH diets…
Combining creatine with carbohydrates enhances power output by 5–10% during high-intensity sprints compared to creatine alone, delaying fatigue more effectively. Carbohydrates spike insulin, which helps shuttle creatine into muscle cells more efficiently, maximizing energy regeneration during explosive exercise. Including protein with creatine + carbs showed no significant additional advantage, confirming…
The State Department on Monday announced that it had begun the process of restricting the visas for a group of people who maintained either familial, personal, or business relationships with people linked to a major drug cartel.The Sinaloa Cartel is one of the major narco-trafficking organizations based in Mexico. The…
The House Ethics Committee on Monday released a statement confirming that it had investigated 20 allegations of sexual misconduct by a member of the House since 2017.”Over the last decade, the Committee has adopted a more aggressive and robust approach to allegations of sexual misconduct,” the committee said in a…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Regional accents in the United States are far more complicated than their oversimplified stereotypes. Take that reductive “Southern” twang heard so often across pop culture. Researchers routinely identify significant differences throughout the region, with…
Nike’s attempt at a snarky Boston Marathon billboard was so bad that they were forced to remove it following significant backlash. Last week, the athletic brand put up a sign in its Newbury Street location that was supposed to encourage people to join in the race, which saw over 32,000…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Military and intelligence contractor Palantir has long struggled to beat the allegations of enabling an Orwellian surveillance state on behalf of the Pentagon. The Alex Karp-led company has received huge sums in federal…
Public schools—really, they should be called “government schools”—long ago gave up the idea that they existed solely to educate children. I really can’t say exactly when, if there is a definitive “when,” this transformation occurred. I suspect it happened in much the same way that bankruptcy does: slowly, then all at…
Well, that’s not great. Dettmers says the “forces leading to a population drop are already in motion,” and he expects a decline in population in the next four decades. And don’t blame war, virus, or natural disaster—credit our illustrious living standards and shrinking birth rates. “People are healthier, richer, better…
Kamala Harris over the weekend delivered remarks at the Michigan Democratic Women’s Caucus in Detroit. The failed presidential hopeful talked about her time as Biden’s Vice President, her pathetic 3-month 2024 presidential campaign, and gave feedback on President Trump’s second term. Harris claimed President Trump was “pulled into” the Iran…
A Florida jury ordered Carnival Cruise Line to pay a California nurse $300,000 after reportedly finding the firm negligent for providing the woman too much alcohol before she sustained injuries. The Miami federal jury sided with Diana Sanders, 45, of Vacaville, California, on April 10, The Miami Herald reported, citing…
Nancy Sinatra is not happy with President Donald Trump for posting a video of her father singing “My Way,” calling the move sacrilegious. “This is a sacrilege,” the eldest daughter of Frank Sinatra wrote on X Sunday. Sinatra’s post came in response to a video clip Trump posted Saturday on Truth Social of Frank Sinatra…
A Michigan Senate candidate is drawing criticism after comments he made on a podcast about Vice President JD Vance and his family quickly spread online. According to Fox News, Abdul El-Sayed, a Democrat running for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat, made the remarks during an appearance on “The Allen…
A United Arab Emirates (UAE) minister said Sunday that the country has become a primary target of Iran’s attacks due to its commitment to tolerance and economic growth. UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation Reem Al Hashimy told ABC’s “This Week” host Jonathan Karl that, unlike Iran, which uses…